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In a groundbreaking ruling, the Constitutional Court has lifted a time limit on reporting sexual offences.

It means the section of the Criminal Procedure Act which imposes a 20-year limit on prosecutions for sexual assault is unconstitutional.

The the so-called Frankel 8, approached the courts in an attempt to change the law which prevented victims of sexual abuse from criminally charging their abusers 20 years after the crime was committed.